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Day 2 at the French Open offers great duels in the opening round. After Thiem, Rafael Nadal also wins his first game and successfully begins the 13th Roland Garros title mission. With Stephanie Vögele, a Swiss woman is also on duty, but loses in two sentences.
Tennis: French Open
Mon 28.09. 10:55 – 13:00 | Eurosport 2 D
F 2020 | 125 min
No Swiss woman already represented
Stefanie Vögele is also looking forward to her first win at the WTA level since April 2019 after the French Open. Aargau’s wife is defeated by Romanian Patricia Maria Tig in just under two hours 5: 7, 5: 7.
There are no longer any Swiss women in the feminine sphere. Jil Teichmann was eliminated in three sets against Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday, Belinda Bencic declared the pass before the start of the tournament, Viktorija Golubic and Leonie Küng remained in the standings.
Opening victory in three sets for Nadal
The 12-time winner of Roland Garros, Nadal, beat Belarusian Yegor Gerasimow (ATP 83) in just over two hours 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2. The Spaniard, who had complained in advance about the new balls, he was not in trouble. This despite the Belarusian defying him. At the beginning of the third set, the world ranking took 83. the Spanish service.
When Nadal tied at 2-2, Gerasimov stepped over his foot. Only then was the resistance broken. Nadal’s next opponent in the bottom half of Stan Wawrinka’s table is American Mackenzie McDonald (ATP 236), 25.
Serena Williams defeated Ahn after a false start
Serena Williams started the tournament successfully. The 23 Grand Slam winner defeated fellow American Kristie Ahn 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 0 after a difficult start. Her next opponent is the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova (WTA 157).
Thiem puts Cilic in his place: “Love the circumstances”
Dominic Thiem confidently advances to the second round of the French Open. Last year’s finalist and US Open winner defeated Croatian Marin Cilic in two good hours 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 3. Twice, at the beginning of the first and third movement, Thiem had his serve withdrawn. However, the 27-year-old won in 2:06 hours without major wear.
Unlike many other stars, Thiem has no problem with external conditions, on the contrary. “I love the conditions, I’m from Austria,” he confessed in the winner’s interview on the pitch. He’s used to those temperatures, in the past at home tournaments it was always just as cold. It feels good: “I love when he’s not too fast to be able to stay behind the baseline.”
In the second round, Thiem meets qualifier Jack Sock. The Austrian has always reached at least the semi-finals at Roland Garros in the last four years. In 2018 and 2019 he was defeated in the final by Rafael Nadal.
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